missouri, kansas city, to be act, the roads have been treacherous. seeing a lot of snow and ice and it's the ice accumulation that's going to be an issue, as well. some areas across southern missouri and in to the mississippi river valley could end up with about a quarter of an inch up to a half of an inch of ice so the storm is going to slowly spread eastward. ohio river valley is next on the target path for this storm and we're also seeing tornado watches in parts of louisiana. so it's not affecting the northeast right now. transforming in to a different storm getting here and this is a big storm for today and tomorrow, too. >> all right. dylan, thank you so much. >>> and now it is my turn to forecast the weather. the freeze-out is stretching east to washington where both parties blame each other for the storm but this isn't your typical blizzard. worst, it's a sequester storm. sad. so we give you the sequester standoff. >> oh. >> we are just eight days away from the deadline to stop it and with lawmakers focusing on the blame, instead of, you know